PETALING
JAYA: United Arab Emirates-based
Seven Seas Computers
hopes to capture at
least 20% of the hospitality
software market in Malaysia
this year.

Chairman
Mehboob Hamza said the
company achieved sales
of RM4mil in Malaysia
and US$350,000 (RM1.33mil)
in Vietnam since establishing
its regional headquarters
in Kuala Lumpur in January
last year.

“We
are also expecting our
first business (in hospitality
software) in Thailand
soon. Our target for
2006 is RM10mil,” he
told StarBiz.

Mehboob said its Kuala
Lumpur office won a
US$200,000 (RM740,000)
deal to provide its
hospitality management
system called momentohs
to the Hoang De Hotel
in Vietnam recently.

He
said momentohs was a
complete solution incorporating
the front office, food
and beverage, event
management, call billing,
central reservation
and other modules.

He
said momentohs
was a complete
solution incorporating
the front office,
food and beverage,
event management,
call billing,
central reservation
and other modules.

Mehboob
said the company's
business objective
was to build smart
partnerships with
Malaysian companies
to bid for projects
in West Asia.

Mehboob
Hamza

“We
are working with
HeiTech Padu Bhd
on the ID card
project in Yemen,
system integration
projects on ICT
Security with
e-Lock, banking
software with
Arkflow, presentation
systems with Industronics
and distribution
of access control
products with
PUC Founder,”
he said, adding
that the company
was currently
bidding for projects
worth US$80mil
in West Asia.
Mehboob said the
company had invested
RM1.5mil in its
office in Kuala
Lumpur.

"Our
decision to set
up the Asia-Pacific
office in Kuala
Lumpur is due
to the extensive
engagement and
guidance from
the Multimedia
Development Corp,
availability of
industry specific
intellectual capital,
competitive operational
costs and market
reach,”
he said.